A Prospective Study of Positive Psychological Well-Being and Coronary Heart Disease

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-267

  Boehm, Julia K ^a   Peterson, Christopher ^b   Kivimaki, Mika ^c   Kubzansky, Laura ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Optimism; Vitality; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIMISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956044051     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023124     Document Type: Article

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